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Chicago examiner wednesday august 26 1908 12 pages vol vi no 213 a m price one cent te Â« a b r $Â»Â»'Â«. 30 cents per month \ huiwdreds in raceto lead indepenoence party's fight in cook county unprecedented number ot candidates for nominations at convention saturday no back-room caucuses charles h mitchell is urged to make run for state's attorney there is a crush of candidates for inde pendence party county nominations from the ranks of the tens of thousands of citizens who are m revolt against the corporation-owned boss-ruled old parties have come hundreds of able militant men who are eager to carry the nomination standards and lead the battle in every precinct of the county the electors realize the iniquitous conditions that now exist m local politics and are keenly alive to the opportunities offered through the new party greater than the combined lists of all old party candidates at the recent pri maries is the list of candidates for inde pfndence party nominations at north side turner hall next saturday night no slate and no caucus james j gray chairman of the county committee has been besieged with appli cants for his support but he has stood tinn:.v and to all has given this ultimatum there will be no slate no caucus sub mit your cause o the 1,400 delegates to the county convention you must fight it out on the floor of the convention i will sanction no back-room caucus on account of the notoriously bad nom imiiions made by both old parties for the position jf state's attorney the greatest interest centers around this office it is generally conceded that the inde pendence party if it arts wisely can ihnmingfn and elect tho rest state's at torney of cook county tried man for state's attorney for that reason the parly leaders have neeu solicited on all sides to go outside of their own ranks and name a candidate for state's attorney but the sentiment is strong that the nominee should be one of the tried and trusted leaders of the inde pendence party a man who would need no apologizing for if elected charles h mitchell the well-known at torney and leader of the thirty-second ward is being urged foafhe nomination by hundreds mr mitchell tyag practiced | at the Chicago bar for twenty years and has an em table reputation for force ability and integrity it is conceded he would be an ideal prose cutorâ€”a man who would enforce the law as rigidly against tlio grafters m the high places as the grafters m the low places unless m the last hours some unexpected dark horse is trotted into the arena mr mitchell who smashed the robber real es tate ring which was defrauding the city of Chicago out of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and who gave property owners a square deal as attorney for the hoard of local improvements will be the nominee for state's attorney if he will consent to make the race for president of county board for the position of president of the coun ty board there are several candidates it is the theory of the party that doctors should have strong representation on the county board as the chief duty of the commissioner is to deal with the sick the poer and the insane because the medical profession has not had representation m the past a ring of doctors has ruled the county institutions continuing itself m power because of the ignorance of the county commissioners dr roy mcmillan wheeler one of the leading physicians of kenwood is receiving prominent mention for president of the board of mayor of cook county wheth er or not he is named there will be several professional men it is believed m the list of commissioners dr lorenz also supported dr mathias e lorenz of the tenth ward one of the leading bohemian physi cians of Chicago is another possible can didate for this office h w young iilu prairie avenue a re tired broker of wealth and influence is urgid by the business men m the party for the office he has a strong following for the ten nominations for county com missioners there is a great field of candi dates and there will be a battle royal m the eoÃŸvention william williams 602 grand avenue fourteenth ward a civil war hero and one of the few commissioners who came through the county board boodle regime with a spotless reputation has strong sup port for the nomination colored race to be represented it is conceded that the colored race should be represented and billy john son of the third ward known throughout ' the country as a theatrical performer of ! ability has the backing of thousands of colored men for this nomination dr eugene perkins 3024 prairie avenue a well-known optician with offices m the heyworth building has a force of boosters ] back of him peter fell 3212 wallace street is another possible candidate \ sigmund m meyerfeld fifty-first street and grand boulevard sixth ward haslbeen gigantic stock deals directed by lawson from his sick bed illness of boston's financier is kept secret tnroughout hot campaign boston aug 25 while thomas w lawson's national stock has been fur nishing a large percentage of the business on the curb stock markets and absorbing four-fifths of the country's financial com ment and while the governing committee is looking into the books of the new york stock exchange firms to discover the source of saturday's enormous transactions ac credited to national stock its author and sole director has been lying ill in young's hotel not the faintest whisper of his illness reached wall or state streets and the only sign thnt he was not at the tiller of bis money-boat was the announcement in yesterday morning's papers that the hear ing of the boston curb at which mr law son was to preside had been postponed toward midnight on that day the pres ence of two large touring cars in fort square bearing on their doors the lawson monogram in a broad gold band and he hurrying about the lobby of the well known lawson brokers betokened that unscheduled events were commanding at tention an inquiry was accordingly set on foot mr lawson's secretary to-night said yes mr lawson has been sick very sick for two weeks he has been leaving dreamwold at 5 o'clock in the morning and getting back there at 1 o'clock the next morning there is a hearing of the curb committee to-morrow morning and mr lawson will preside as usual " special session to pick successor to allison governor cummins calls on assembly to meet august 31 des moines la aug 25 at a late hour to-night governor cummins issued a proclamation calling the thirty-second general assembly m special session to take action m filling the vacancy in the senate from this state citesed by the death of senator allison and fixing the date at monday august 31 governor a b cum mins prevented an open split m the re publican party of lowa by this action a conference had been called to con sider the best action to be taken standpatters came fo fight the special session idea they wished the mat ter left to the new legislature and nominate by caucne they had planned to defeat all nominees favoring cummins the governor to-day prevented in a meas ure the storm that was certain governor cummins said he favored amending the law so that it will be impossible for democrats to participate m the republi can primary he said he wants to be nominated by republican votes alone sheriff after american duchess for 175 debt london druggist's judgment for toilet articles is not satisfied dublin aug 25 frank rogers a london druggist unable to induce the duchess of manchester to pay a bill of 175 for toilet and nursery articles asked the court to issue an order compelling the duchess to stand an examination regard ing her means the cou/t declined holding the case lot argent enough rogers ob tained judgment against the duchess m london the sheriff of county galway where the duchess resides was unable to satisfy the judgment rogers says that his lawyer stated that the duchess seemed to be living luxuriously m london there has been gossip m society that the mau chesters have been hard np despite the wealth of the duchess father it is ru mored that the duchess frequently finds herself without adequate pocket money and is compelled to borrow carriages of her lonjjon friends as she cannot afford to hire one roosevelt in secret trip into northern n y will assist m dedication of library at brother-in-law's summer home new xoek aup 25 president roose ". started on a secret trip to-night to the upper part of the state he was seen going aboard his yacht the sylph at < ster lay this evening when the sylph arrived m hoboken to-night the president flanked by secret service len boarded the prlrate pullman ear magnet and started f -â– jordanville herkimer county new york he will assist to-mor row at the oedication of a library at the summer home of bouglas robinson his brother-in-law erected as a memorial to the mother of mrs robinson and the pres ident no intimation of his coming aas been given to the townspeople congress man james s sherman the republican nominee for vice president and secretary ijoot will attend 40 die millions lost in floods in the south both carolinas deluged by greatest rains since 1840 [ columbia s c aug 25.-not fewer than forty lives have been lost and prop erty worth several millions has been de stroyed liy floods unparalleled since august is4o in both the carolinas heavy rains have fallen continuously for forty eight hours on ground already tvater soaked and it is still raining on all | streams the danger line hnd been reached by 8 o'clock this morning at camden nineteen persons lost their lives they were on a toll bridge watching the flood when the structure gave way serious washouts are reported on nil railroads north of columbia ah towns m upper carolina which are dependent for light and trolley service on electric power are m the dark to-night freshets seriously ln terfeted with thr primary elector iv professor dies by own hand in the grand pacific joseph m krewer of louis ville ky takes three poi sons and cuts wrist student's death cause former instructor in univer sity high school grieved for boy friend one of the most mysterious tragedies o recent days came to light late last nighi when the body of professor joseph m krewer one of the best known educators of the south was found in a room at th grand pacific hotel the man had endec his life by swallowing carbolic acid chlo roform and arsenic and slashing his lefl wrist with a penknife for several hours there was no clew ti the suicide's identity or the motive fot his act but a dispatch from louisville ky established who the man was and fur nished a hint of his reason for ending his life school head hints motive the hint of the motive for the suicide i furnished by w h tharpe president of the university school of louisville he stated that several months ago a young student of whom professor krewer was very fond died at his wisconsin home and the professor seemed not to recover from the shock of the young man's death aside from being a professor at the university school in louisville the suicide was a member of the board of examiners for the southern universities and he pre pared all the papers for this year's exam inations he had been attached to the university school for about three years and prior to that time he was of the faculty of the university high school of Chicago born in Chicago in 1867 during his first year in louisville pro fessor krewer was of the faculty of the flexner school and after that he became identified with the university school the professor was also a graduate of the academy de besancon paris from which institution he received the degree of bach elor of letters ln august 1890 he was born in Chicago may 25 1867 president tharpe says that in july last professor krewer left louisville and went to the summer school of columbia uni versity new york city where he was tak ing a special course in modern languages the chair he occupied in the university school of louisville president tharpe expected the professor to return to louisville within the next few weeks although he had not heard from him recently tharpe was surprised and shocked to hear of the suicide and was at a loss to account for it unless it was due to grief over the recent death of the former student it had been krewer's custom each sum mer to take long auto trips with the stu dent the young man died three or four months ago and the news of his death came as a severe blow to professor krewer find 2,044 on body when the police searched the suicide's clothing after his body was discovered they found 2,044 mostly in 50 bills j l hill who also is a professor at the school in louisville at which krewer taught is at the palmer house on the way home from a hunting and fishing trip in wisconsin i am utterly at a loss to assign a rea son for krewer's suicide said mr hill he was always in the best of spirits and always had funds he has been attending summer school at columbia university i didn't even know mr krewer was in Chicago he has many friends here however as he taught several years ago in the university school his specialty being the french and german languages i am now on my way to louisville and expected to meet him there a receipt from schudel's express com pany 217 north clark street this city dated august 17 indicated the probabie date of his arrival in Chicago and the fact that though he cnm empty-handed to the grand pacific be did not come to this city without baggage there was also found in his clothing a pullman car check but the 8atc of the check is not now known the suicide rented the room at the grand pacific last monday night he had no baggage and he paid for one night in ad vance body found in room last night the clerk of the hotel desir ing to again rent the room that had been given to the stranger on the previous night and believing that the room was vacant sent another guest to the room a bellboy who accompanied the guest was unable to sain admission to the room so the door was forced tlie suicide was found lying on the hed and the evidences of the multiple means he had employed to bring about bis death were lying nearby the police removed the body to ralston's morgue and nfter examining the papers found in his clothing they wired the new york police for assistance ln establishing the man's identity nnd the reason for his suicide svein hedin reported well at raka in letter scandinavian explorer's party frse from illness simla aug 25 a letter dated may 8 lias been received hero from the bead ser vant of sven hedlu in which he says lie left the explorer at hakn ho adds them has lieen no illness i expect to nee you at the end of september sven artist earle is in jail for beating affinity bride soulmating romance broken when former settlement worker leaves home husband admits guilt eccentric whose first wife stepped aside sobs wten held to grand jury new york aug 25 the most cele brated soul-mating romance of modern times that of ferdinand pinney earle the artist and julia kuttner the settle ment worker fell clumsily into the sor did and ordinary police court class yes terday when earle was arrested on ihe charge of beating his affinity the pres ent mrs earle and was lodged m the goshen jail . â€¢ earle with tears streaming from his eyes pleaded guilty m court to the charge brought against him he offered no word of explanation or justification of his treat ment of his wife his soulmate and affin ity he refused to even make an effort to obtain bail and went to jail to await the action of the grand jury wnleh meets m october claiming that he was well sat isfied to fare as any one else would under the same circumstances wife's aunt prefers charge the charge of assault was made by mrs inez barry an aunt of mrs julia kuttner earle it is alleged that on august 16 twelve days after the baby was born earle choked and beat his affinity earle's marriage with his affinity has never been published after his first wife went to paris last fall and secured a di vorce in the court of thc first instance earle and julia kuttner also went abroad and when they returned to this country in april it was announced that they had been married they have since been liv ing nt zemmerlng the country home of earle near monroe the baby was bora on august 4 at monroe it is said that mrs earle no 2 would have taken no action in regard to thc alleged brutal treatment of earle had not her brothers albert and charles kutt ner insisted upon it when earle was taken away by the officers to-day mrs earle with the baby and nurse and charles kuttner entered an automobile and were driven to the home of friends in central valley a few miles away indifferent to affinity it is asserted mrs earle said she would never return to the house of her husband when officers took earle away he never gave his wife a glnnce but she followed him with her eyes until he was out of sight the arrest was a complete surprise to the villagers of monroe but they have become used to earle's vagarleb and there is no more any taik of violence toward him as was the case when he put aside his wife last fall and took his affinity to live with him ferdinand pinncy earle put his first wife a french woman aside almost exactly a yeur ago he wns acting on his convic tions ln the matter ho said conditions over which wo have lost all control hnve mado it better that we should be apart ho said accordingly it was agreed between them that they should part may involve court beauties i mrs lawfeyyorfe sues kaiser's dentist for divorce two pictures of Chicago woman who has brought suit for divorce and photograph of her husband dentist to the german royal family she threatens to name berlin court beauties if case is opposed the lower pic ture is mrs lawley-yorke s favorite photograph of herself hundreds hurt in excursion wreck train laden with women and children is ditched near new orleans new orleans la aug 25 a long excursion train on the great northern railway in which were hundreds of wom en and children returning from covington arbita springs and other resorts was wrecked about ten miles from this city to-night and a score of persons were badly injured four coaches were demol ished or overturned and it is not known whether there are any dead bodies among the ruins a relief train has been sent out and a number of the injured have been brcvught in on hand cars nearly every person on the train was in jured either by flying glass or bruised in the mad rush which immediately followed the shock when the wrecking train begins to clear away the wreckage it is thought that some bodies will be found the cars are piled up high on each other or lying overturned half-submerged in the swninp on either side of tho road a list of the missing has not yet been attempted the wreck occurred on a now section of track nnd wns caused by the spreading of the rails the engineer as quickly as pos sible reversed his engine nnd this is be lieved to havo saved tho lives of many railroad man car victim andrew zerele forty yeura old superin tendent for the Chicago in.hunt jfc south ern rnllr hid at gibson i mi , vn.s run down by m interurbau electric street ear ueup indians harber ind and so badly i injured thatj lie i-unnot live h was taken te the effiee of-ur if h saner v indiana j jjarber j\a is married andlas a larÂ«e family mt threatens expose in Chicago courts desertion nominal ground she says and real charges would shock royalty a suit for divorce which may involve titled women in court circles of berlin was begun yesterday in the circuit court in Chicago should the suit be fought there will be dragged into court the names of women-in-waiting to the empress of germany and a numner of court beauties that is the assertion of the woman who has instituted the proceedings mrs lillian lawley-yorke who lives in a suite of sumptuously furnished apart ments at 4143 indiana avenue asks the courts to free her from the bonds which tie her to edward lawley-yorke dentist to the emperor of germany and the ger man royal family descrtiou is the ground on which mrs lawley-yorke thirty-five beautiful and a woman of rare accom plishments asks for divorce has other grounds she says the charge of desertion is in a sense merely a technical one said mrs lawley yorke last night i do not know whether or not the doctor intends to fight the case should he do so he will find that i have plenty of other grounds on which to base my suit if a contest is made i shall charge misconduct on the part of my hus band and i shall bring into the suit some of the proudest names in berlin there will be a scandal that will stir germany and europe to the depths i have refrained from doing anything that would tend to injure dr lawley yorke in a professional way he has an extensive practice he does nil the work for i.mperor william nnd his family now the matter is entirely in his hands i do not anticipate however that he will fight my suit met lawley-yorke when seventeen romance has played a big part in the life of mrs lawiey-yorkp he is tlih , daughter nf s l boule a millionaire of , paris where she wag born he grand father m boule was formerly amt-aasadsc â– from frnnei tooths court of spsin in u s to drop prosecution of woman smuggler mrs chadbourne to escape trial by federal court by payment of fine immunity by cortelyou secretary of treasury prom ises woman's brother not to press the case political wires pulled even president roosevelt's intervention sought in ef fort to save society leader kk hs emily rockwell l crane chadbourne will not be prosecuted by the federal government for ber partieipa tion ln the smuggling conspiracy that resulted in art treasures to the valve of more than 70,000 being brought into this country without the pas ment of customs duties it has been known that mrs chad bourne ls i saf from prosecution i p**m _ x_yjp u .Â£ clrcleg . ever since early iu i july when george b cortelyou sec retary of the united states treasury promised charles r crar_e brother ot the society woman that the payment of a 70,000 fine would satisfy the out raged sense of justice of the govern ment mrs chadbonrne is not only quite con iident that she will never occupy the pris oner's dock ln a federal court facing a smuggling or a conspiracy charge but lip equally confident that the art treasures at present confiscated by the government authorities will in the duo course of time be returned to mrs jack gardner of boston no fine for mrs gardner t there will be no additional fine impose on the boston society leader for her par ticipation in the scandal that has shocked two continents and whether or not out cranes will be reimbursed for the ex penditure of 70,000 is a personal matte that rests with mrs gardner the identity of the person who was mo active in the settlement of the cbadbonrno gardner smuggling conspiracy who by hia personal check satisfied the government tl demand of a 70,000 fine who by his stren uous efforts secured the promise froc george b cortelyon secretary of tha treasury that mrs emily rockwell cran chadbourne would not be subject to federal prosecution became known yesterday the man who did all of these things was charles r crane brother of mrs chadbourne noted reformer vice presi dent of the crane manufacturing company former president of the municipal voters league director of the national bank ai the republic and member of the Chicago calumet university Chicago athletic iro ' quois and literary clubs name kept out of case charles r crane's name has but seldom appeared in print in connection with the smuggling scandal and the revelations of his activities in his sister's behalf came yesterday as a complete surprise driven almost to a point of desperation with the fear that news of the chadbourne scandal would become public property charles r crane used every influence which his wealth and position have given him to stay the progress of federal prose cution political wires pulled men who have become dominant agurea in the innermost councils of thc republi can party were appealed to for assistance in staying this prosecution direct wirm f to thc white house wciv laid so thai if help of tresldent roosevelt might be n voked if necessary the success of crane's efforts with sec retary cortelyou obviated the necessity of procuring roosevelt intervention and the fear of prosecution has now become a canceled quantity together with tho revelation of the iden tity of crane as the most active partici pant in the settling of the case came the details of the steps taken by the govern ment upon becoming cognisant of the smuggling conspiracy and of the steps taken by the powerful c'rano family to counter-cheek the federal agents it was early in july that the crane fam . hy learned of the dilemma of mrs chad ./ bourne ond the manner in whl the la formation was bcontfht to them we ratter startling appear to arrest woman bgtphi agon wm rf he niter stbtwi 1 troannry broko th : â€¢ . i he crane by ai)iiÂ«-.r'i a the ,.â€¢.... l._u crane hnmraor m lairs geofc't and calmly a&oot___e_^fl continued pÂ«o 4Â«1 column v continued on 2d page 2d coiufin j weather forecast w wl Chicago and~vicinity gen Â»| fss erally fair wednesday with rising g a i flr temperature partly cloudy and f^:j vis warmer thursday with possibly tt j ws local showers fresh to brisk easter ijw w ly winds wednesday becoming juf >*!!> southerly thursday be successful m if you have tried every other way ffi?v to rent your vacant room there is still fcj a * a chance left insert an ad m the t^yf rooms to rent columns of the ex ijm aminer and you will soon succeed fff

Chicago examiner wednesday august 26 1908 12 pages vol vi no 213 a m price one cent te Â« a b r $Â»Â»'Â«. 30 cents per month \ huiwdreds in raceto lead indepenoence party's fight in cook county unprecedented number ot candidates for nominations at convention saturday no back-room caucuses charles h mitchell is urged to make run for state's attorney there is a crush of candidates for inde pendence party county nominations from the ranks of the tens of thousands of citizens who are m revolt against the corporation-owned boss-ruled old parties have come hundreds of able militant men who are eager to carry the nomination standards and lead the battle in every precinct of the county the electors realize the iniquitous conditions that now exist m local politics and are keenly alive to the opportunities offered through the new party greater than the combined lists of all old party candidates at the recent pri maries is the list of candidates for inde pfndence party nominations at north side turner hall next saturday night no slate and no caucus james j gray chairman of the county committee has been besieged with appli cants for his support but he has stood tinn:.v and to all has given this ultimatum there will be no slate no caucus sub mit your cause o the 1,400 delegates to the county convention you must fight it out on the floor of the convention i will sanction no back-room caucus on account of the notoriously bad nom imiiions made by both old parties for the position jf state's attorney the greatest interest centers around this office it is generally conceded that the inde pendence party if it arts wisely can ihnmingfn and elect tho rest state's at torney of cook county tried man for state's attorney for that reason the parly leaders have neeu solicited on all sides to go outside of their own ranks and name a candidate for state's attorney but the sentiment is strong that the nominee should be one of the tried and trusted leaders of the inde pendence party a man who would need no apologizing for if elected charles h mitchell the well-known at torney and leader of the thirty-second ward is being urged foafhe nomination by hundreds mr mitchell tyag practiced | at the Chicago bar for twenty years and has an em table reputation for force ability and integrity it is conceded he would be an ideal prose cutorâ€”a man who would enforce the law as rigidly against tlio grafters m the high places as the grafters m the low places unless m the last hours some unexpected dark horse is trotted into the arena mr mitchell who smashed the robber real es tate ring which was defrauding the city of Chicago out of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and who gave property owners a square deal as attorney for the hoard of local improvements will be the nominee for state's attorney if he will consent to make the race for president of county board for the position of president of the coun ty board there are several candidates it is the theory of the party that doctors should have strong representation on the county board as the chief duty of the commissioner is to deal with the sick the poer and the insane because the medical profession has not had representation m the past a ring of doctors has ruled the county institutions continuing itself m power because of the ignorance of the county commissioners dr roy mcmillan wheeler one of the leading physicians of kenwood is receiving prominent mention for president of the board of mayor of cook county wheth er or not he is named there will be several professional men it is believed m the list of commissioners dr lorenz also supported dr mathias e lorenz of the tenth ward one of the leading bohemian physi cians of Chicago is another possible can didate for this office h w young iilu prairie avenue a re tired broker of wealth and influence is urgid by the business men m the party for the office he has a strong following for the ten nominations for county com missioners there is a great field of candi dates and there will be a battle royal m the eoÃŸvention william williams 602 grand avenue fourteenth ward a civil war hero and one of the few commissioners who came through the county board boodle regime with a spotless reputation has strong sup port for the nomination colored race to be represented it is conceded that the colored race should be represented and billy john son of the third ward known throughout ' the country as a theatrical performer of ! ability has the backing of thousands of colored men for this nomination dr eugene perkins 3024 prairie avenue a well-known optician with offices m the heyworth building has a force of boosters ] back of him peter fell 3212 wallace street is another possible candidate \ sigmund m meyerfeld fifty-first street and grand boulevard sixth ward haslbeen gigantic stock deals directed by lawson from his sick bed illness of boston's financier is kept secret tnroughout hot campaign boston aug 25 while thomas w lawson's national stock has been fur nishing a large percentage of the business on the curb stock markets and absorbing four-fifths of the country's financial com ment and while the governing committee is looking into the books of the new york stock exchange firms to discover the source of saturday's enormous transactions ac credited to national stock its author and sole director has been lying ill in young's hotel not the faintest whisper of his illness reached wall or state streets and the only sign thnt he was not at the tiller of bis money-boat was the announcement in yesterday morning's papers that the hear ing of the boston curb at which mr law son was to preside had been postponed toward midnight on that day the pres ence of two large touring cars in fort square bearing on their doors the lawson monogram in a broad gold band and he hurrying about the lobby of the well known lawson brokers betokened that unscheduled events were commanding at tention an inquiry was accordingly set on foot mr lawson's secretary to-night said yes mr lawson has been sick very sick for two weeks he has been leaving dreamwold at 5 o'clock in the morning and getting back there at 1 o'clock the next morning there is a hearing of the curb committee to-morrow morning and mr lawson will preside as usual " special session to pick successor to allison governor cummins calls on assembly to meet august 31 des moines la aug 25 at a late hour to-night governor cummins issued a proclamation calling the thirty-second general assembly m special session to take action m filling the vacancy in the senate from this state citesed by the death of senator allison and fixing the date at monday august 31 governor a b cum mins prevented an open split m the re publican party of lowa by this action a conference had been called to con sider the best action to be taken standpatters came fo fight the special session idea they wished the mat ter left to the new legislature and nominate by caucne they had planned to defeat all nominees favoring cummins the governor to-day prevented in a meas ure the storm that was certain governor cummins said he favored amending the law so that it will be impossible for democrats to participate m the republi can primary he said he wants to be nominated by republican votes alone sheriff after american duchess for 175 debt london druggist's judgment for toilet articles is not satisfied dublin aug 25 frank rogers a london druggist unable to induce the duchess of manchester to pay a bill of 175 for toilet and nursery articles asked the court to issue an order compelling the duchess to stand an examination regard ing her means the cou/t declined holding the case lot argent enough rogers ob tained judgment against the duchess m london the sheriff of county galway where the duchess resides was unable to satisfy the judgment rogers says that his lawyer stated that the duchess seemed to be living luxuriously m london there has been gossip m society that the mau chesters have been hard np despite the wealth of the duchess father it is ru mored that the duchess frequently finds herself without adequate pocket money and is compelled to borrow carriages of her lonjjon friends as she cannot afford to hire one roosevelt in secret trip into northern n y will assist m dedication of library at brother-in-law's summer home new xoek aup 25 president roose ". started on a secret trip to-night to the upper part of the state he was seen going aboard his yacht the sylph at < ster lay this evening when the sylph arrived m hoboken to-night the president flanked by secret service len boarded the prlrate pullman ear magnet and started f -â– jordanville herkimer county new york he will assist to-mor row at the oedication of a library at the summer home of bouglas robinson his brother-in-law erected as a memorial to the mother of mrs robinson and the pres ident no intimation of his coming aas been given to the townspeople congress man james s sherman the republican nominee for vice president and secretary ijoot will attend 40 die millions lost in floods in the south both carolinas deluged by greatest rains since 1840 [ columbia s c aug 25.-not fewer than forty lives have been lost and prop erty worth several millions has been de stroyed liy floods unparalleled since august is4o in both the carolinas heavy rains have fallen continuously for forty eight hours on ground already tvater soaked and it is still raining on all | streams the danger line hnd been reached by 8 o'clock this morning at camden nineteen persons lost their lives they were on a toll bridge watching the flood when the structure gave way serious washouts are reported on nil railroads north of columbia ah towns m upper carolina which are dependent for light and trolley service on electric power are m the dark to-night freshets seriously ln terfeted with thr primary elector iv professor dies by own hand in the grand pacific joseph m krewer of louis ville ky takes three poi sons and cuts wrist student's death cause former instructor in univer sity high school grieved for boy friend one of the most mysterious tragedies o recent days came to light late last nighi when the body of professor joseph m krewer one of the best known educators of the south was found in a room at th grand pacific hotel the man had endec his life by swallowing carbolic acid chlo roform and arsenic and slashing his lefl wrist with a penknife for several hours there was no clew ti the suicide's identity or the motive fot his act but a dispatch from louisville ky established who the man was and fur nished a hint of his reason for ending his life school head hints motive the hint of the motive for the suicide i furnished by w h tharpe president of the university school of louisville he stated that several months ago a young student of whom professor krewer was very fond died at his wisconsin home and the professor seemed not to recover from the shock of the young man's death aside from being a professor at the university school in louisville the suicide was a member of the board of examiners for the southern universities and he pre pared all the papers for this year's exam inations he had been attached to the university school for about three years and prior to that time he was of the faculty of the university high school of Chicago born in Chicago in 1867 during his first year in louisville pro fessor krewer was of the faculty of the flexner school and after that he became identified with the university school the professor was also a graduate of the academy de besancon paris from which institution he received the degree of bach elor of letters ln august 1890 he was born in Chicago may 25 1867 president tharpe says that in july last professor krewer left louisville and went to the summer school of columbia uni versity new york city where he was tak ing a special course in modern languages the chair he occupied in the university school of louisville president tharpe expected the professor to return to louisville within the next few weeks although he had not heard from him recently tharpe was surprised and shocked to hear of the suicide and was at a loss to account for it unless it was due to grief over the recent death of the former student it had been krewer's custom each sum mer to take long auto trips with the stu dent the young man died three or four months ago and the news of his death came as a severe blow to professor krewer find 2,044 on body when the police searched the suicide's clothing after his body was discovered they found 2,044 mostly in 50 bills j l hill who also is a professor at the school in louisville at which krewer taught is at the palmer house on the way home from a hunting and fishing trip in wisconsin i am utterly at a loss to assign a rea son for krewer's suicide said mr hill he was always in the best of spirits and always had funds he has been attending summer school at columbia university i didn't even know mr krewer was in Chicago he has many friends here however as he taught several years ago in the university school his specialty being the french and german languages i am now on my way to louisville and expected to meet him there a receipt from schudel's express com pany 217 north clark street this city dated august 17 indicated the probabie date of his arrival in Chicago and the fact that though he cnm empty-handed to the grand pacific be did not come to this city without baggage there was also found in his clothing a pullman car check but the 8atc of the check is not now known the suicide rented the room at the grand pacific last monday night he had no baggage and he paid for one night in ad vance body found in room last night the clerk of the hotel desir ing to again rent the room that had been given to the stranger on the previous night and believing that the room was vacant sent another guest to the room a bellboy who accompanied the guest was unable to sain admission to the room so the door was forced tlie suicide was found lying on the hed and the evidences of the multiple means he had employed to bring about bis death were lying nearby the police removed the body to ralston's morgue and nfter examining the papers found in his clothing they wired the new york police for assistance ln establishing the man's identity nnd the reason for his suicide svein hedin reported well at raka in letter scandinavian explorer's party frse from illness simla aug 25 a letter dated may 8 lias been received hero from the bead ser vant of sven hedlu in which he says lie left the explorer at hakn ho adds them has lieen no illness i expect to nee you at the end of september sven artist earle is in jail for beating affinity bride soulmating romance broken when former settlement worker leaves home husband admits guilt eccentric whose first wife stepped aside sobs wten held to grand jury new york aug 25 the most cele brated soul-mating romance of modern times that of ferdinand pinney earle the artist and julia kuttner the settle ment worker fell clumsily into the sor did and ordinary police court class yes terday when earle was arrested on ihe charge of beating his affinity the pres ent mrs earle and was lodged m the goshen jail . â€¢ earle with tears streaming from his eyes pleaded guilty m court to the charge brought against him he offered no word of explanation or justification of his treat ment of his wife his soulmate and affin ity he refused to even make an effort to obtain bail and went to jail to await the action of the grand jury wnleh meets m october claiming that he was well sat isfied to fare as any one else would under the same circumstances wife's aunt prefers charge the charge of assault was made by mrs inez barry an aunt of mrs julia kuttner earle it is alleged that on august 16 twelve days after the baby was born earle choked and beat his affinity earle's marriage with his affinity has never been published after his first wife went to paris last fall and secured a di vorce in the court of thc first instance earle and julia kuttner also went abroad and when they returned to this country in april it was announced that they had been married they have since been liv ing nt zemmerlng the country home of earle near monroe the baby was bora on august 4 at monroe it is said that mrs earle no 2 would have taken no action in regard to thc alleged brutal treatment of earle had not her brothers albert and charles kutt ner insisted upon it when earle was taken away by the officers to-day mrs earle with the baby and nurse and charles kuttner entered an automobile and were driven to the home of friends in central valley a few miles away indifferent to affinity it is asserted mrs earle said she would never return to the house of her husband when officers took earle away he never gave his wife a glnnce but she followed him with her eyes until he was out of sight the arrest was a complete surprise to the villagers of monroe but they have become used to earle's vagarleb and there is no more any taik of violence toward him as was the case when he put aside his wife last fall and took his affinity to live with him ferdinand pinncy earle put his first wife a french woman aside almost exactly a yeur ago he wns acting on his convic tions ln the matter ho said conditions over which wo have lost all control hnve mado it better that we should be apart ho said accordingly it was agreed between them that they should part may involve court beauties i mrs lawfeyyorfe sues kaiser's dentist for divorce two pictures of Chicago woman who has brought suit for divorce and photograph of her husband dentist to the german royal family she threatens to name berlin court beauties if case is opposed the lower pic ture is mrs lawley-yorke s favorite photograph of herself hundreds hurt in excursion wreck train laden with women and children is ditched near new orleans new orleans la aug 25 a long excursion train on the great northern railway in which were hundreds of wom en and children returning from covington arbita springs and other resorts was wrecked about ten miles from this city to-night and a score of persons were badly injured four coaches were demol ished or overturned and it is not known whether there are any dead bodies among the ruins a relief train has been sent out and a number of the injured have been brcvught in on hand cars nearly every person on the train was in jured either by flying glass or bruised in the mad rush which immediately followed the shock when the wrecking train begins to clear away the wreckage it is thought that some bodies will be found the cars are piled up high on each other or lying overturned half-submerged in the swninp on either side of tho road a list of the missing has not yet been attempted the wreck occurred on a now section of track nnd wns caused by the spreading of the rails the engineer as quickly as pos sible reversed his engine nnd this is be lieved to havo saved tho lives of many railroad man car victim andrew zerele forty yeura old superin tendent for the Chicago in.hunt jfc south ern rnllr hid at gibson i mi , vn.s run down by m interurbau electric street ear ueup indians harber ind and so badly i injured thatj lie i-unnot live h was taken te the effiee of-ur if h saner v indiana j jjarber j\a is married andlas a larÂ«e family mt threatens expose in Chicago courts desertion nominal ground she says and real charges would shock royalty a suit for divorce which may involve titled women in court circles of berlin was begun yesterday in the circuit court in Chicago should the suit be fought there will be dragged into court the names of women-in-waiting to the empress of germany and a numner of court beauties that is the assertion of the woman who has instituted the proceedings mrs lillian lawley-yorke who lives in a suite of sumptuously furnished apart ments at 4143 indiana avenue asks the courts to free her from the bonds which tie her to edward lawley-yorke dentist to the emperor of germany and the ger man royal family descrtiou is the ground on which mrs lawley-yorke thirty-five beautiful and a woman of rare accom plishments asks for divorce has other grounds she says the charge of desertion is in a sense merely a technical one said mrs lawley yorke last night i do not know whether or not the doctor intends to fight the case should he do so he will find that i have plenty of other grounds on which to base my suit if a contest is made i shall charge misconduct on the part of my hus band and i shall bring into the suit some of the proudest names in berlin there will be a scandal that will stir germany and europe to the depths i have refrained from doing anything that would tend to injure dr lawley yorke in a professional way he has an extensive practice he does nil the work for i.mperor william nnd his family now the matter is entirely in his hands i do not anticipate however that he will fight my suit met lawley-yorke when seventeen romance has played a big part in the life of mrs lawiey-yorkp he is tlih , daughter nf s l boule a millionaire of , paris where she wag born he grand father m boule was formerly amt-aasadsc â– from frnnei tooths court of spsin in u s to drop prosecution of woman smuggler mrs chadbourne to escape trial by federal court by payment of fine immunity by cortelyou secretary of treasury prom ises woman's brother not to press the case political wires pulled even president roosevelt's intervention sought in ef fort to save society leader kk hs emily rockwell l crane chadbourne will not be prosecuted by the federal government for ber partieipa tion ln the smuggling conspiracy that resulted in art treasures to the valve of more than 70,000 being brought into this country without the pas ment of customs duties it has been known that mrs chad bourne ls i saf from prosecution i p**m _ x_yjp u .Â£ clrcleg . ever since early iu i july when george b cortelyou sec retary of the united states treasury promised charles r crar_e brother ot the society woman that the payment of a 70,000 fine would satisfy the out raged sense of justice of the govern ment mrs chadbonrne is not only quite con iident that she will never occupy the pris oner's dock ln a federal court facing a smuggling or a conspiracy charge but lip equally confident that the art treasures at present confiscated by the government authorities will in the duo course of time be returned to mrs jack gardner of boston no fine for mrs gardner t there will be no additional fine impose on the boston society leader for her par ticipation in the scandal that has shocked two continents and whether or not out cranes will be reimbursed for the ex penditure of 70,000 is a personal matte that rests with mrs gardner the identity of the person who was mo active in the settlement of the cbadbonrno gardner smuggling conspiracy who by hia personal check satisfied the government tl demand of a 70,000 fine who by his stren uous efforts secured the promise froc george b cortelyon secretary of tha treasury that mrs emily rockwell cran chadbourne would not be subject to federal prosecution became known yesterday the man who did all of these things was charles r crane brother of mrs chadbourne noted reformer vice presi dent of the crane manufacturing company former president of the municipal voters league director of the national bank ai the republic and member of the Chicago calumet university Chicago athletic iro ' quois and literary clubs name kept out of case charles r crane's name has but seldom appeared in print in connection with the smuggling scandal and the revelations of his activities in his sister's behalf came yesterday as a complete surprise driven almost to a point of desperation with the fear that news of the chadbourne scandal would become public property charles r crane used every influence which his wealth and position have given him to stay the progress of federal prose cution political wires pulled men who have become dominant agurea in the innermost councils of thc republi can party were appealed to for assistance in staying this prosecution direct wirm f to thc white house wciv laid so thai if help of tresldent roosevelt might be n voked if necessary the success of crane's efforts with sec retary cortelyou obviated the necessity of procuring roosevelt intervention and the fear of prosecution has now become a canceled quantity together with tho revelation of the iden tity of crane as the most active partici pant in the settling of the case came the details of the steps taken by the govern ment upon becoming cognisant of the smuggling conspiracy and of the steps taken by the powerful c'rano family to counter-cheek the federal agents it was early in july that the crane fam . hy learned of the dilemma of mrs chad ./ bourne ond the manner in whl the la formation was bcontfht to them we ratter startling appear to arrest woman bgtphi agon wm rf he niter stbtwi 1 troannry broko th : â€¢ . i he crane by ai)iiÂ«-.r'i a the ,.â€¢.... l._u crane hnmraor m lairs geofc't and calmly a&oot___e_^fl continued pÂ«o 4Â«1 column v continued on 2d page 2d coiufin j weather forecast w wl Chicago and~vicinity gen Â»| fss erally fair wednesday with rising g a i flr temperature partly cloudy and f^:j vis warmer thursday with possibly tt j ws local showers fresh to brisk easter ijw w ly winds wednesday becoming juf >*!!> southerly thursday be successful m if you have tried every other way ffi?v to rent your vacant room there is still fcj a * a chance left insert an ad m the t^yf rooms to rent columns of the ex ijm aminer and you will soon succeed fff